diff --git a/R/po_update.R b/R/po_update.R
index c9a0c9b..53b87cf 100644
--- a/R/po_update.R
+++ b/R/po_update.R
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@
 po_update <- function(dir = ".", lazy = TRUE, verbose = !is_testing()) {
   meta <- get_po_metadata(dir)
   if (lazy) {
-    meta <- meta[is_outdated(meta$pot, meta$po)]
+    is_old <- is_outdated(meta$pot, meta$po)
+    if (verbose) {
+      for (ii in which(!is_old)) {
+        row_ii <- meta[ii]
+        catf("Skipping '%s' %s translation (up-to-date)\n", row_ii$language, row_ii$type)
+      }
+    }
+    meta <- meta[is_old]
   }
 
   for (ii in seq_len(nrow(meta))) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-po_update.R b/tests/testthat/test-po_update.R
index b897458..5fea810 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-po_update.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-po_update.R
@@ -26,3 +26,26 @@ test_that("user is told what's happening", {
 
   expect_false(file.exists(file.path(temp, "po/R-fr.po~")))
 })
+
+test_that("lazy=TRUE, verbose=TRUE skips up-to-date files and messages", {
+  temp <- local_test_package("R/test.r" = "message('Hello')")
+  withr::local_dir(temp)
+
+  po_extract()
+  po_create("ja")
+
+  # run once to make sure it's "up-to-date"
+  po_update()
+
+  # Ensure mtime is different.
+  Sys.sleep(1.25)
+
+  expect_silent(
+    po_update(lazy = TRUE, verbose = FALSE)
+  )
+  expect_output(
+    po_update(lazy = TRUE, verbose = TRUE),
+    "Skipping 'ja' R translation (up-to-date)",
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
+})